Daniels, Ekow (2024) Coastal Flood Vulnerability in Ghana. Bachelor thesis.
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Abstract
Climate change poses a challenge to coastal cities in the world. As global coastal populations are estimated to grow in the face of rising sea levels and changing precipitation patterns coastal cities are becoming increasingly vulnerable to floods. Ghana has a coastline of approximately 560km which yearly experiences coastal flooding due to these climate change-induced flood hazards. For this reason, this study seeks to assess coastal flood vulnerability in Ghana at a district level to answer the central question What are the most vulnerable coastal districts to floods in Ghana? This study adopts the indicator approach using the Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) based on an Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) to determine the weights in addition to geoprocessing tools in a GIS environment to generate a Coastal Flood Vulnerability Index of the coastal districts of Ghana. The results indicate that the Ketu South Municipality is the most vulnerable coastal district to floods with a mean index of 3.8 indicating high vulnerability to floods. This research would help policymakers address the ongoing problem of floods in the coastal districts of Ghana by providing a basis for flood impact mitigation.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Degree programme: | Human Geography and Planning |
| Supervisor: | Vos, D. |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Jul 2024 10:32 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Jul 2024 10:32 |
| URI: | https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/4653 |
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